BRASILIA, Feb 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The Brazilian Ministry of Health is committed to eliminate or reduce by 2030, 11 diseases caused mainly by poverty.
Tuberculosis, leprosy, viral hepatitis and HIV/AIDS, malaria, Chagas disease, trachoma, schistosomiasis and syphilis, among others, are in this group.
In the period between 2017 and 2021, these diseases were responsible for the death of more than 59,000 people under social vulnerability in Brazil.
“When we talk about social determinants we also talk about determinants that are social class, racial ethnic, and are at the root of many health problems we have,” said Health Minister Nísia Trindade.
The goal announced by Trindade is part of the Healthy Brazil program, an initiative of the Interministerial Committee for the Elimination of Socially Determined Diseases, in coordination with the Health Ministry and more than 13 entities of the federal Government and social movements.
In addition to health technicians, the director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom, participated in the event.
The measures ratify the global objectives established by the United Nations through the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda and the initiative of the Pan American Health Organization for the elimination of diseases in the Americas.
For its fulfill them, the federal government established five axes of action: fight against hunger and poverty, equity, human rights and social protection, strengthening training and communication for social agents.
According to the minister, the program reinforces a decree signed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, which constitutes the end of diseases and infections determined and perpetuated by poverty, hunger, and social inequities. — NNN-PRENSA LATINA
